#ymbrynes

[grimmysfuntimeblog]

It’s kind of beautiful the way that the mphfpc fandom is so small, it almost mirrors the peculiars in the books, their numbers dwindling but everyone pretty much kinda working together kinda

[carmine-golde]

The idea of Ymbrynes displaying avian traits specific to their bird form is absolutely hilarious to me. Owl ymbrynes who are always up late, corvids who love to collect trinkets, shrikes whose favorite food are kebabs, parrots who have a habit of repeating words, a kookaburra who has a very distinctive laugh, etc etc!! It’s a HC that I think adds a whole new layer of character depth and I think makes the ymbrynes seem just a bit more human :)

[gayandawreck]

I FOUND THE SCENE!! It’s page 298 in “the desolations of devils arce”

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NEW MISS PEREGRINE DRESS WHEEEE. Everyone say thank you @minha-xuh

It's pretty dark in my room so the pictures are dark lmao

[marygih]

V.

I redid my old drawing of V. I am extremely satisfied with the remake

New version

Old version

[trainwrecksys]

cinemasins just raised a valid point. if all ymbrynes are female, how do they procreate? they also can't get married or have kids of their own, and their brothers don't share the ability to manipulate time. is it simply some sort of funky magic gene stuff and it gets carried down if their brothers so happen to have children? i'm sure there must be some answer to this in the books linked to demi-ymbrynes but i can't remember, been over 2 years since i finished them

[cauls-antique-pepperbox-pistol]

Interesting…

I know Ransom Riggs has said that he based Old Peculiar on Anglo Saxon, but this word is just straight up Anglo Saxon, like he didn‘t even change it a little bit at all (maybe it‘s supposed to be. Maybe Old Peculiar has some words that are exactly the same, like some real life languages do too)

N e way if anyone wants this Old English translator I‘m putting it in the notes. Edit: nvm tumblr hates me and doesn‘t want me to put links in the notes. So here it is https://www.oldenglishtranslator.co.uk/

[peculiar-lesbian]

I don’t know if anyone knows this but I was re-reading library of souls and got to the part where Jacob learns about Abaton and it mentions the “library’s gardians” which could be mention to the elder ymbrynes.

(I don’t know if im late to the party with that one but yeah)

And going on from this it talks about the library changing hands which makes me wonder if that effected said guardians, like when the library changed hands the elder ymbrynes would have to side with the owner because they have an almost chain like bond to it (Like Caul in desolations almost) but when they sealed the loop broke said chain and then they died out leaving the new branch of ymbrynes (miss peregrine, Miss advocet etc.)

[birdiesflying]

I was reading MPMoW and I noticed another inconsistency.

I’ve already noticed one: the map of the Cairnholm loop shows that the village is not in the loop. But then how did they play raid the village and how did Jacob meet the looped normals in the pub? Doesn’t make sense.

Anyhow, I see that Miss Peregrine says in the section about peculiarities that only Ymbrynes have the ability to shapeshift, and later in the Ymbryne section she mentions that there are no repeats of species of birds in Ymbrynes, so there are no other Peregrine Ymbrynes that aren’t her. (Page 18 + 125)

But then how did Caul manage to shapeshift into a Peregrine, or a bird in general if he isn’t an Ymbryne? And somebody said that they asked what Myron’s peculiarity is when meeting Ransom Riggs and he said that he can also turn into a bird like his siblings.

It does explain that there has been a shape shifter (who wasn’t an Ymbryne) before, although she says he is the only one she is aware of. What about Caul and Myron? Hmm.

So how does that work if they aren’t Ymbrynes and there are supposedly no other peregrine peculiars? I am very confused. Can someone explain? Or am I right in saying this is an inconsistency?

(P. S. I have not read the book past page 125, so if there is an answer to this later on just inform me of the page and don’t spoil. Thank you!)

[peculiar-archives]

Transcription of letter from Miss Rosefinch:

Dear Addie,

I admit, I was surprised to receive your correspondence. It has been long since we have had proper conversation! I hope you & your wards are in good health, as always. 

I do not know if you are to remember, but after my apprenticeship under Miss , I was restationed at a loop near Rothenburg, Germany, where a saint might take a moment to reflect on the benevolence of nineteenth century taverns (I am remaining vague on purpose. though I sincerely doubt this letter should fall into dubious hands, I do not subscribe to the risk)

ROTHENBURG

As for stories, I have one I remember quite clearly.

In Tanager Hall, I lived with Miss Nuthatch on the fifth floor (the number 514 still brings back great memories). It was our ninth year, and quite late at night, when pounding footsteps preceded a panicked rapping upon the door. 

TANAGER HALL

I woke up Effie, and quickly opened the door to see a positively delirious Miss Cockatiel wringing her hands. ‘Oh Ava!’ said I, frightened by such a sight. ‘What brings you to us so unnerved?’

‘I have seen her!’ yelped Cockatiel, and would not divulge the story until we sat her down fully and soothed her with the promise of tea (black). 

‘I have seen Anna Marie,’ said Cockatiel, still simpering and shaking her blonde hair out. Effie gasped in shock. If you remember, Anna was the ghost story that seniours were so fond of telling at the time. A girl who had died of mysterious circumstances which changed depending on the teller, and now haunted Tanager.

‘Really?’ said I, keeping (a) most level head as always. ‘Where?’

‘Just outside my room,’ said our Ava in hushed tones, ‘I was going to get an extra blanket from the hall closet - you know how drafty the room can get - and there she was.’ (we later learned this was a falsity, and Cockatiel had been secretly meeting with Miss Grackle to snog. Bless the folly of youth!) 

‘Well,’ I said, thinking. ‘I know what we shall do now. We shall go and we shall retrieve Miss Harrier, and Harriet shall tell us whether it is true.’ Harriet Harrier was on the Seventh floor, & a gifted spiritist in addition to her ymbryne abilities.

HARRIET HARRIER

I made to leave, and Ava whimpered she was too scared, and refused to be left alone, and me (once again, Padma the brave and level headed at the rescue!) announced I would go alone.

It was hard to see, and I lit a candle, and made my way through the dark staircases, to Harriet’s room, and knocked. Tired dark eyed, grey and black streaked mane of hair; Miss Harrier greeted sleepily. 

‘My floor is in quite a tizzy, they think they shall have seen a true specter! We shall plead your help in disproving this.’

Harriet then related some words that, in the conscience that you may share this with your loopmates, I do not deign to share. 

She accompanied me back to our hall, and in her black nightdress and tangled hair, was led to the scene of crime. Ava crept behind, guarded by Effie as if the ghost may suddenly jump to attack her.

‘So?’ asked I, ‘Is she quite here?’

‘Quiet!’ said Harriet. ‘One simply does not “see a spirit”’ 

I did not understand this, as to my knowledge at the time, this was quite what a spiritist did. (Now having met many a spiritist ward, I know differently the complexities of communication across the veil)

We waited for a dozen minutes, and then Harrier gasped. ‘I think I can hear something! Anna Marie? Is that quite you?’

Ava looked quite pale in the candlelight now, and Effie’s face had acquired a green tint. 

‘She is here,’ said Harriet in amazement. ‘There is a spirit living on this floor!’

‘What say she?’ asked I.

‘Her name is Eleanor, and she seems quite surprised. Oh, hello Eleanor!’ 

A loud thud sounded as Ava Cockatiel passed onto the floor, and a shriek as Effie leapt back. I could not care at all though, for I was in raptures. 

And that’s how Eleanor Johnson, the famous ghost of Tanager hall, was first known to be.

Best wishes, and all my love

Sincerely, Padma Rosefinch 

ELEANOR JOHNSON

[daniellesreadingnook]

Movie adaptation of "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children."

Let me start off by saying that this is entirely all my opinion. I am open to others' opinions, and I hope you are open to mine. And there are going to be spoilers in this review.

I recently finished reading "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children." It is first in line out of six books. I am currently reading the second book, "Hollow City."

I decided to watch the movie adaptation to compare it to the book. I like doing that because I want to see if the movie captures the true essence of the book.

I have to tell you that the "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" movie does not live up to the book at all.

I'm sorry. I did not like it at all. There were so many changes that didn't fit into the continuity of the book so far.

Like, there is no inherent leader to the hollowgasts (hollows) and wrights and there was no fight at a carnival.

And the fact that Olive and Bronwyn's ages were flipped around as well as Olive and Emma's powers were flipped.

Now I understand that movie adaptations change some things but why did there need to be a carnival fight? It was not needed.

The year of the loop changed from 1940 to 1943.

I understand why the movie adaptation did not get a sequel.

I mean, the movie was an adaptation for a book that is first in a series and needed to be dealt with as such. Like, why not end the movie on a cliffhanger to see if there was any way for sequels for the other books in the series?

As I said, I read the book and I now wish that I hadn't watched the movie and that the movie didn't need to be made.

With all that being said, I rate the movie 3/10.

I rate the book 9.5/10.

I am currently reading the rest of the books and will give a detailed review once I am done with them.

Happy reading!!

[grimmysfuntimeblog]

Adding on to my previous post bc I feel the need to express my absolute love for this fandom but I find it fucking hilarious how Ricky is mentioned like twice and then he just evaporates

[aholyspectacle]

@ymbrynes​  said  ..  tear . ASK  MEME  STATUS  ;  ACCEPTING .

HE  DOESN’T  CRY  OFTEN .

rarely  does  a  moment  come ,  drenched  in  emotion ,  where  moira  finds  himself  in  the  precipice  between  fine  &.  not  fine .  emotion  is  fickle  for  ten  times  died  &.  particularly  so  raised  in  a  home  brimmed  with  emotionally  stunted  adults  attempting  to  raise  their  kin  without  the  burden  of  emotion .

(  &.  yet  ..  )

here  is  a  story  not  often  said ,  about  a  boy  plucked  from  his  ordinary  life  &.  chosen  to  save  the  unsavable .  it  began  in  scotland ,  inside  a  ornately  decorated  manor  overlooking  a  cliffside ,  &.  it  began  with  a  child .

here , now , is the thing most important to remember about moira mactaggert , the thing that others seem to forget ; he was ordinary once . &. that is all he wants to be now .

" destiny is cruel. " unsettling , as well . &. she wears down most of those she stumbles across . moira is no exception . it's only now that he comes to realize he will never be the exception . when heat settles upon his cheek &. a thumb brushes away dampness beneath almost closed eye he seems to return to himself . his other hand , before limp at his side , wipes away falling tears &. shoos kindness away .

" .. but necessary. what're you to do without it ? "

[sam1kath]

Raven Hair and Emerald Eyes

(book! Miss Peregrine x Fem! Reader)

I hope you'll enjoy it!! :D

You have been in the loop for many years now, yet you could still vividly remember the day you saw it for the first time. Stepping your foot on the island was no accident. You were a long time in search of a home, and when finally one day an ymbryne offered you a place as a sort of assistant, you couldn’t contain your excitement and hit the road as soon as you packed your only bag. However, there was one issue. You had a terrible sense of orientation, and the brief set of instructions about its location scared you. You trailed the island far and wide, getting lost on multiple occasions, yet you still couldn’t find the entrance.

One day, however, when you were once again unsuccessfully returning to the shore to catch the last ferry off the island, a tall blond girl about 17 stopped you with a smile.

“Hello, Miss Y/L/N. Miss Peregrine has been expecting you. Come with me.”

From that day on you became a new inhabitant of the 1940 Cairnholm loop. The children warmed up to you instantly, and even Enoch—who you later learnt didn’t usually extend this courtesy to just anyone—was delighted by your presence.

The headmistress and ymbryne of the loop, a woman of disting Victorian appearance and raven hair, greeted you with open arms, if not as familiarly, keeping the kind of professional distance you’d have with a new co-worker. Even after months of living there, it was always ‘Miss Y/L/N here’ and ‘Miss Y/L/N there’.

It was your 14th month in the loop that she finally proposed a first-name basis kind of relationship and this offer didn’t extend to situations in front of the children up until a few months ago.

The peregrine was a peculiar woman in many ways—she intrigued you—and you realised all too late that you were slowly falling for her. It was the way she smiled when she thought that no one was watching, how her eyes lit up when she taught the children, the way she would gently pull on the sleeves of her dresses when she was nervous, or the passion with which she fiercely protected her children whenever a policeman knocked on their door with a complaint.

With each day, you fell deeper and deeper into the tangled depths of affection, and that scared you.

One evening, you got into a passionate discussion about the passage of time and age, and she casually mentioned she was born in the late 1870s. At that time, you believed this knowledge was of no special meaning to you since you were used to the birthdates of people around you going as far back as the 1500s. But as your admiration grew, you realised that this information might just signify a problem.

You didn’t know a lot about history, but the topic of acceptance of homosexual people and relationships was something you were quite familiar with. The late 19th century certainly wasn’t a time when you could openly confess your love for another woman, and you feared that growing up in such a time, Alma might share the same convictions. If you weren’t hesitant about sharing your feelings before, you were surely not going to find it easy now, so you decided to test the waters first.

Finally, the perfect day arrived. The children were playing in the garden; the sun was just in the right spot in the sky, and you summoned the courage to bring the topic up to Alma.

“I read this book recently,” you began, “And it’s quite good. I don't know if you know it. It’s Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf.” Alma replied with a raised eyebrow.

“You do realise that you're asking me if I’ve read one of the greatest works of modernist literature,” she said smugly, and you couldn’t help but blush a little at your clumsy way of approaching the subject.

“Of course, sorry. Well, then I suppose you do remember Clarissa mentioning falling in love with her best friend.” Alma visibly froze at that.

“Yes.”

You felt a lump growing in your throat. “How do you feel about that sort of thing, if I may ask?”

She scanned your face for a moment, her emerald eyes boring deep into yours as if searching for something. The living room felt suddenly too small for the two of you.

“Is there any specific reason you're asking?”

“N-No.” You mentally cursed at the slight stutter in your answer.

Alma finally tore her eyes away, leaving you breathless; however, still awaiting her answer.

“I'm no monster. Why should one’s life be less valid than someone else’s just because they love outside the constraints of our rigid society’s expectations? We are all people, aren’t we? And humanity’s greatest strength is the love we have for one another. Love makes life worth living. If each of us loved just a little more, the world would be a better place.”

As you felt your eyes water, you discovered you were never going to be able to reach the bottom of the ocean of love you felt for this woman, and you weren’t sure you wanted to.

She must have mistaken your silence for unease, so she asked. “Do you hold a different view?”

“No! Birds no. You- You just phrased it beautifully.” You smiled at her, and when you saw her face bloom like a flower, you couldn't help but blush once again.

But as you also learnt the first week in this house, peace never lasts, so before you could reach out and pull a mischievous strand of hair out of her face, little Claire ran into the room.

This conversation warmed your heart for weeks, lighting a spark of hope inside you. Maybe there was some hope for you. But still, you didn’t feel ready to confess your love for her, so you were trying to come up with ways to show her how much she meant to you without saying as much. You would remember any little thing that she told you because what she found interesting you held dear to your heart. You would recommend her books that reminded you of her, collect her favourite flowers to display in vases around the house or shower her with compliments whenever you got the chance.

You were flirting, and she was oblivious to it. Maybe she didn’t realise it or she was just letting you down slowly; you couldn’t tell. Her cheeks would redden each time and she’d go on to say something like, such affections needn’t be shown to her as she looks the same as she does every day, and being a good ymbryne doesn’t have to earn her compliments. To that, you’d respond that she doesn’t get appreciated enough and that would win a bright smile from her.

“And ‘good’ is an understatement.”

In between your duties as an assistant, you would also often spend little bits of free time on the mainland in the city library, scavenging the shelves for books you could read together. Going to the counter with another stack of books, you’d meet the gaze of the new librarian, a man in his early thirties with short blond hair and kind brown eyes. You never talked much besides the pleasantries.

Once you’d get home with the loot, Alma would meet you at the door to help you bring the book into the study.

This has been going on for about six months. You and Alma grew closer each day, but at some point, you’ve come to the sad realisation that she saw you as only a friend. For a time, you lied to yourself, saying it was more than enough for you. However, as the days went by, the beautiful feeling of falling deeper in love with her became a cruel, dragging force that slowly suffocated you.

You needed to escape and that was the time the guy behind the counter first spoke to you beyond politeness. His name was Jonathan, and the two of you quickly bonded over your shared love for astronomy. You would sometimes wait for him at the end of his shift, and you’d have lunch together in the nearby park. He would tell you about his life and family—of how unaccepting his father was when he told him he was bisexual. In turn, you told him how your parents freaked out when they found out you liked women, leaving out the fact that it was in the 1960s. And the more you got to know him, the more you were using him as a way to avoid Alma.

As you were one day in the park again, he turned to you with this strange look in his eyes. He told you he liked you and that even though he knew about your feelings for someone else, he would very much like to go on a date with you even if your heart wasn’t entirely in it—as friends, he said. Then he continued to make a speech about how you shouldn’t stay unhappy forever just because one person doesn’t see how amazing you are. You got teary-eyed and knowing you had no chance with Alma you finally decided to take a step to move on.

“Alma?” You were just in the living room, enjoying your siesta. Alma was seated, or rather, strangely bird-like nestled, in an armchair by the window, reading a book. She tilted her head, her eyes staying on the text to the very last moment before she met your gaze. She was sometimes so much like a bird, and you found every bit endearing.

“Yes?”

“I was wondering if I could spend the evening on the mainland,” you said nervously, feeling strangely guilty, like a child lying to their parents about who broke the living room window. She smiled in confusion.

“You know you don’t have to ask. You’re no prisoner, Y/N.” She chuckled lightly. “You know I trust you to make your own decision and keep yourself safe in the process. Just make sure you catch the last ferry back to the island so the children and I don’t have to worry all night,” and with that, her eyes returned to her book.

“Aren’t you curious what I’ll be doing?” Was your absence really that indifferent to her? Alma closed her book with a clap.

“Polite persons aren’t nosy, but if you’re so excited to tell me, then be my guest,” she smiled.

You took a deep breath. “I’ve met someone.”

If her face had betrayed anything you hadn’t noticed—not a single identifiable emotion—yet, as if a dark veil had been drawn over it.

“Oh,” was all she said before returning to her book. You had secretly hoped she’d say more than that.

“It’s a date,” you added in a desperate attempt to get a reaction from her.

“I figured,” she stated simply. Your heart ached at the lack of care, and you made your way to the door.

“Y/N?” You stopped in your tracks. “Enjoy your rendezvous.”

The door slammed behind you.

You met Jonathan in the small city square, and from there you went to ‘the best restaurant in town’ as he called it regardless of the bizarre reality that there was only one.

The date passed in a blur. You sat at a table in the corner of the establishment and ordered wine. Jonathan talked and talked, and you felt terrible that you didn’t pay any attention as, in the gloom of the room his light hair turned dark, and after a few glasses, his eyes turned green, and all you could see was her in her dark Victorian dress, smiling across the table.

When the clock struck nine you finally separated, for a quarter to ten was when the last ferry to the island departed. He insisted on escorting you to the harbor but you rejected his offer as you felt you needed to be alone.

The shipman was a little annoyed that he had to sail to the island with just one passenger, but when you gave him triple the amount needed for one ticket, he stopped fussing.

Your hair moved in the wind as you watched the dark sea, occasionally noticing the dark shadow of one of the many wrecks on the bottom, quietly awaiting saviour. You slightly stretched over the railing, and gazing upon your reflection in the dark waters, you realised you too felt like a wreck. Cold, and alone, and lifeless. Shivers ran down your spine, and you pulled your coat closer around you.

On the island, you stumbled back to the old tomb, grateful you walked the dangerous path so many times that now you knew it well enough to navigate it in the dark. Carefully laying one foot in front of the other, you made your way into the loop entrance.

You found Alma in the living room by the table, leaning over a glass of orange liquid. Her raven hair was cascading like a waterfall over her shoulders, its ends getting lost in the sea of green velvet of her tea gown. She twirled the liquid in her glass before she tilted her head back and emptied it into her throat. Appearing to be greatly troubled, she vigorously rubbed her temples.

Without a second thought, you moved forward in a desperate attempt to comfort her and accidentally bumped your toe into a coffee table. Pain shot through your body, and you swore under your breath.

“You’re back; how wonderful. How was it with that lover of yours?” said Alma with a fake smile plastered on her face.

You slowly walked over to the table, and sank down in a chair across from Alma.

“I presume it didn’t go well?”

“I suppose you could say that, yes.” You met her eyes, and what you saw in them broke you. You couldn’t have seen it from the door, but up close you were certain she had been crying.

“What happened to you?”

“Oh, this. Nothing. It doesn’t matter.” Rubbing her eyes she muttered, ”Would you like some?” and changed the subject by gesturing to her glass.

You decided that you were too overwhelmed with your own turmoil to help hers so you decided to let it slide.

“Might as well.”

She reached for the bottle and filled her glass. Then she slowly slid it towards you. Without a word spoken, you lifted the glass to your lips. The alcohol was already room temperature, but you didn’t mind and let the comfortable burn consume you.

“You never drink whisky.”

“I do now. But that’s not important,” she said, taking the bottle in her hand to look at the label. “I think I hate it,” she added so nonchalantly that you chuckled. Your eyes met.

“I need to tell you something,” both of you blurted out suddenly.

“Please, you go first.”

“I don’t think that’s-”

“Please.”

“Alright,” she replied hesitantly. Straightening her posture and clearing her throat, she reached over the table and caught your hands in hers. Even though it was fairly dark, you still clearly saw that her cheeks were crimson. And as she looked at you and you looked at her, you were sure she wasn’t alone.

“You- You might think me a delusional old woman, but…just yesterday, I would have sworn you fancied me.”

You froze, chills running down your back instantly.

“I know it’s silly. I suppose I saw what I-” she paused, looking at your joined hands.

“Go on. Please,” you squeezed them. Her nervous eyes darted back to yours.

“People see what they want to see,” she began hesitantly. “And I so desperately wanted you to feel the same.”

“W-what do you mean?” She closed her eyes, her eyebrows furrowed.

“Don’t make me say it just so you can reject me.” If you weren’t red before, now you most definitely were. Without giving you a single glance she let go of you and hid her face in her hands.

“You mean you-”

“Yes,” she muttered sharply, flustration lacing her words. The distance between you suddenly felt unbearable.

“You fancy me?” you asked once more in joyous disbelief. Alma slowly sank in her seat lower and lower, her face still hidden in her palms.

“Stop asking,” she whispered.

Your chair screeched as you sharply pushed it from the table, jumping to your feet, and now you stood over Alma.

Finally, she doubtfully looked up, her emerald eyes filled with fear, hope, admiration.

Not waiting for another second, you leaned down, putting one hand on the backrest of her chair for support. As you were now inches away from each other you witnessed Alma’s expression rapidly change. Her face grew redder and her eyes darkened.

“W-what are you doing?” she stammered as you hesitantly stroked her cheek.

“Can I kiss you?” you asked, not being able to contain your smile any longer.

For a moment her eyes darted between yours, checking for any sign of mockery.

And then you felt two hands pulling you down by the collar, and before you realised what was happening, your lips were pressed against hers in a tender kiss.

The wheels of time stopped and it was just you and her. You felt her hands in your hair, the warmth of her body against yours, her hair against your cheek. It felt perfect and real, and it made you feel warm and cared for.

The amount of love with which Alma gazed at you when you pulled away would fill even the deepest ocean—it would reach the furthest star in the galaxy. And you were certain her expression mirrored yours because, right there, you felt the happiest you’ve ever been.

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!AI GENERATED CONTENT!

It's entirely @minha-xuh 's fault that I threw Perekoo into the bing image creator. And now I'm even more obsessed with them, help 😭

[marygih]

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